[Phoenix PEN] Aqi: Also talk about whether March 8 is 23 or 24

[Phoenix PEN] Aqi: Also talk about whether March 8 is 23 or 24 Phoenix City Aqi Wenruo talked about Professor Yu Dan’s report at a World Chinese Literature Conference on the Sunbird website...

Phoenix City Aqi

Wenruo talked about Professor Yu Dan’s report at a World Chinese Literature Conference on the Sunbird website. The report describes a young boy buying cloth in a cloth shop, who insisted that 38 equals 23, but a young monk saw injustice and insisted that 38 equals 24. So Xiao Hunhun bet with his head and the little monk with his hat. The two found the old monk for comment, and the old monk concluded that 3823 was correct. She used this story to introduce to the world that this is the essence of Chinese culture. I heard this story probably more than 20 years ago. A friend once mysteriously asked me about the problem of buying cloth. The protagonists were not the big monk and the little monk. It was a story about Yan Hui who was taught by Confucius. I found it very interesting after listening to it, and I also admired that Master Kong was indeed superior to others, and appreciated his flexibility in handling problems. He used the philosophy that thirty-eight should be twenty-three to save Xiao Mingming's head, while Yan Hui only lost one hat.

Later, I gradually felt something was wrong. If thirty-eight can be twenty-three, is there any truth in the world? This is confusing right and wrong. This story is very similar to the Gang of Four’s thoughts in supporting Zhang Tiesheng, the hero who failed to win the test. In the 1970s, a young man named Zhang Tiesheng submitted a blank paper when he took the physics and chemistry subjects of the national college entrance examination, but he said that he was too busy with class struggle and work in the production team to review his homework. Therefore, the Gang of Four affirmed that his blank paper was a rebellion against the old education system, and dubbed him a white paper hero, so he was specially exploited. According to this logic, students do not need to study, workers do not need to work, and robbers have robbed people's property. If it is for the sake of a sick mother, the judge should not convict him of robbing property, but should build a filial memorial arch for him.

>The essential difference between whether March 8th is 23rd or 24th is the rule of law or the rule of man. 3824 is the basic theorem of mathematics and cannot be violated in any way. We believe that 3824 is the rule of law. That is, everything should be done according to the rules and the law. We often feel that Americans are too rigid in doing things and cannot turn their heads around. We were very puzzled when we saw their judges sentence the guilty to multiple crimes and send them to prison for 140 years, which is beyond the limit of life. We see that the federal government in the United States will shut down, but people's lives and work will continue as usual. These are all the results of the rule of law. On the contrary, 3823 is the rule of men. In this story it is Confucius who has the final say. In the feudal period, the emperor had the final say. Without the emperor, whoever is greater will have the final say. China's anti-rightists, sent to labor camps, and the Cultural Revolution's fight against the capitalist roaders were all the result of 3823. They were monks holding umbrellas and were lawless. The emergence of so many corrupt elements is due to their 3823 thinking, which has led them step by step into the quagmire, and even developed to the point where they don't care about 3721, completely forgetting the law and moral principles.

In short, the story of 3823 is not the essence of Chinese culture, but the dross that has harmed the Chinese nation for thousands of years. As for the authenticity of the story, only experts can verify it.